Muntjac taking it easy in a clearing in the woods.
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@[email protected] i love Muntjaks. They are so cool
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@[email protected] what do they do with the protruding teeth??
@acm_[email protected] I found this at a-z-animals.com:
Based on DNA analysis and fossil evidence, it’s estimated that the first true deer, which probably resembled the muntjac, arose some 15 to 30 million years ago from tusked ancestors. The tusks gradually disappeared at the exact same time as the antlers evolved, but the muntjac retains both of these features into the modern day.